Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-02-26

hunt the paper over from begin
ming to end. and when they find an account
of somebody getting killed they frantically
veil "All about the murder whether the
man who has passed in his checks Is a
Chinese opium joint keeper in the wllds OF
Chicago. or tie chopper on gravel tram
in the woods of Michigan.
DIR. Mclaughlin. of this city, is one of
those men who are born lucky. Besides
his regular practice As a physician. ne Is
interested in half dozen schemes, each one
| of which promises fortune. Mr. X. =.
/ LOCKER the inventor of the sewing machine
improvements in which Dr. Mclaughlin has
an interest, is now in New York negotiating
with the great sewing machine manuiae-
turers for the sale Of the patents. or the
manufacture of the improvements under
ROYALTY. 1t is rumOred that he has received
an offer which will make him a millionaire
and give DIR. Mclaughlin splendid for
tune.
Dr. Mel .aughlin is now at work on an
electric motor, which promises great things
| The motor is adapted for use where mod
crate power is required for light work, The
power is developed from a chemical battery
and the motor has been built and tested,
and works 10 perfection. Patents have
/ been applied for on it.
A Young man who lives in this city il
quite an enthusiast on the subject OF bot
any. and especially on the acclimatlzatlon
of tropical and foreign plants to this ell
mate. He has made a number of expert
ments with foreign plants in his back yard.
and has had considerable success with vari-
/ Gus specimens Last summer he raised a
/ number of remarkable plants. For instance,
| he had quite a crop of peanuts from some
plants which he nursed To successful
/ fruition. He raised some fine tobacco,
and was enabled to hand around ''home-
made cigars" 10 his friends, not
one of whom said cabbage In the house
he raises oranges. lemons and figs, and has
palm tree in a tub. Next summer he is
going to try to raise an olive tree, and some
car away seed plants.
The whistle manipulation at the Standard
Manufacturing Co. : works has learned sew
eral new solos on the machine and has been
amusing the entire city with them this
week Some of them are so strikingly like
the sound of Barnum's steam piano, that
some of the little folks have been thrown
iiltb W StatS va J'N ih Consequence.
There was not single circus menagerie
or any other travelling tent show in Spring
field last year. Ii is stated that we will
have better luck this year, As several of the
leading circus organizations have Spring
field down on their route books for call.
Of late wears some of the leading shows
have been kept almost exclusively in the
southern and western states. | asked an
old circus man why this was, and he stated
that in most western cities, the circuses
charge 81 admission. and have enormous
audiences at that price. The north and east
will only pay 80 cents general admission,
or at most 75 cents for reserved seats.
Several young ladies of this city have
gotten il into their pretty heads that a
CANDY BAZAK
or fair held for the benefit of some church
or some charitable object would be not
only a very enjoyable feminine enterprise.
but very successful one as well. For
year or more the amateur manufacture of
fine candies has taken quite rage In Spring
field society. Several of our society maldens
can manufacture chocolate creams and
caramels, cOcoanut candy, ice cream.
tafly and other brands of fine grade
"andies with skill which would call forth
the envy of professional candy manufac-
Iurers. The idea is that each OF certain
number of young ladies shall make a quail
tity of fine candies TO be sold in booths. as
a grand candy festival, a prize to be given
10 the maker of the best candy.
Whether the scheme would be successful
or not, is hard to say. but it would be- some
thing new at all events, and the idea is re-
spectfuIly dedicated to any society which
wants benefit, and would like to get up
something new.
The street-cars in Dayton. O.. are heated
by pretty little nickle-plated baSe-burner
stoves. In soTe of the ears the stoves are
located in the interior of the ear: in Others
the stove is built 81 that half of il is in the
car and half of il on the outside platform
to warm the driver in his chilly situation
In many other cities. the cars are also steam
heated. In Springfield and Cincinnati.
however. the passengers on the street-cars
still chatter with cold and suffer on zero
day An invention is being introduced in
Philadelphia for warming street-cars, now
ever. which vii, no doubt be universally
adopted within the next year. 1t is thus
described in Philadelphia paper:
For the past six weeks the Fourth and
Eighth street railway management have
been experimenting with a new apparatus
for heating their cars, and the invention
has proved so successful that it will. in all
probability, be adopted. The scheme is
not 10 heat the cars 10 such an extent as
TO make the atmosphere detrimental to
the health of the passengers, but TO make
the cars comfortable. The new heater.
as it is called. is a galvanized iron pan.
about three feet in length, and only few
inches in height and width. Ii Is placed
on each side of the center of the car be-
meath the seats, which are erforated in
front to admit the escape of the heat. The
whole thing presents the appearance of an
ordinary register. Each pan contains
about two quarts of an aromatic carbon
the principal ingredient of
which strongly resembles powdered char !
coal. This amount will last sixteen hours /
without replenishing. unless the weather is |
extremely cold. The cost of heating the
cars is regulated entirely by the tempera- /
ture of the weather. An average tempera- +.
ture of SiXty-five degrees can be obtained
without any great cost. The pans require .
but little attention. two boys being able to
attend to two hundred cars without diff |
Guilty
1t the street cars were kept warm in cold /,
weather, the small extra cost required to
heat them would be more than paid for by |
the large number of extra fares received. [
The cars would be crowded if they were /
warm. Going down town" would lose the |
terrors ii now possesses for many ladies /
and persons in i'll health who would not /
dare TO ride several miles in a cold ear. /
would then freely use them.
The programmes of music for the Central /
Ohio Sengerfest which will be held in the !
spring at Columbus, are published. and
indicate that the music will be of a high /